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BAP Callao (DT-143)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Washoe County |
Namesake | Washoe County in Nevada |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Laid down | 1 December 1952 |
Launched | 14 July 1953 |
Commissioned | 30 November 1953 |
Decommissioned | 25 March 1971 |
In service | with Military Sealift Command in non-commissioned service from January 1973 until 1 November 1973 |
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Reclassified | T-LST-1165 January 1973 |
Stricken | 1 November 1973 |
Honors and awards | A Presidential Unit Citation, a Navy Unit Commendation, a Meritorious Unit Commendation, and 12 campaign stars for Vietnam War service |
Fate |
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Notes | In commission service as USS LST-1165 1953-1955 and as USS Washoe County (LST-1165) 1955-1971; in non-commissioned service with Military Sealift Command as USNS Washoe County (T-LST-1165) 1973 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | LST-1156-(Terrebonne Parish-) class landing ship tank |
Displacement | 2,590 tons (light); 5,800 tons (full) |
Length | 384 ft (117 m) |
Beam | 55 ft (17 m) |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Installed power | 6,000 shp (4.48 MW) |
Propulsion | Four General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, two controllable-pitch propellers |
Speed | 14 knots |
Boats & landing craft carried | 3 x landing craft, vehicle, personnel LCVPs, 1 x landing craft personnel (large) LCPL |
Troops | 395 (15 officers, 380 enlisted men) |
Complement | 205 (16 officers, 189 enlisted men) |
Armor |
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USS Washoe County (LST-1165), previously USS LST-1165, was a United States Navy landing ship tank (LST) in commission from 1953 to 1971, and which then saw non-commissioned Military Sealift Command service as USNS Washoe County (T-LST-1165) in 1973.